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Of all the surfer-girl starlets, Patti Chandler got the biggest career push, but her career never rose above the B level, even though she was absorbed into the young-Hollywood scene. Sheila Weller, Vanity Fair October 2006 Advertisements

Beach Blanket Bingo (1965) the fifth Beach Party Gang movie– the one where the kids go skydiving. John Ashley gets a lead role as Frankie Avalon’s rival for Annette Funicello’s affections. Deborah Walley joins the gang again, this time as … Continue reading →

Aron Kincaid and Patti Chandler in Ski Party 1965. The Pop Culture Addict Remembers ARON KINCAID 1940 – 2011. “…Eventually Aron signed up with AIP pictures, the company behind the definitive beach party films, where he was quickly cast as … Continue reading →

Pajama Party (released 11 Nov 1964) featuring four Californian-born beach kids: Patti Chandler (born December 1943) Lee Majors’ girlfriend before he became the Six Million Dollar Man; she became a TWA flight attendant; Michael Nader (born February 1945) “Dex Dexter” … Continue reading →

20 year old Patti Chandler in Pajama Party (released November 1964). ‘In the Face Of Gossip and Rumor Patti Chandler’s Mother Cries – Lee Majors Did Not Make Patti A Bad Girl‘ by Lee Stevens, 1967. “As far as I … Continue reading →

“Patti Lauderback, a Culver City High School homecoming queen who had spent two years on Waikiki Beach, won A.I.P.’s win-a-role-in-a-beach-movie contest and took the screen name Patti Chandler. Pert and adorable, Patti was more Sandra Dee than Dee herself, especially … Continue reading →

Aron Kincaid and Patti Chandler in a publicity photo for Ski Party (released 30 June 1965): the sixth Beach Party movie, the first with Aron Kincaid, and the first in which Patti speaks a line of dialogue. “Ski Party transfers … Continue reading →

Aron Kincaid (1940 – 2011) and Patti Chandler (born 1943). “Of all the surfer-girl starlets, Patti Chandler got the biggest career push. She was featured in beach spreads in Look Magazine, which also gave her a solo feature, headlined SUCCESS … Continue reading →

Aron Kincaid (1940 – 2011) and Patti Chandler (born 1943). “Patti Lauderback, a Culver City High School homecoming queen who had spent two years on Waikiki Beach, won A.I.P.’s win-a-role-in-a-beach-movie contest and took the screen name Patti Chandler. Pert and … Continue reading →

Unidentified bikini girl in The Ghost In The Invisible Bikini (1966). Credited as “Patti Chandler”, on eBay, this actress is wearing a sky blue bikini with white ties and can be seen at the end of the “Swing A-Ma Thing” … Continue reading →

If you dug Patti’s fantastic face and wiggy figure in “Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine“, just watch the action in her wild new movies, “Ghost in the Invisible Bikini” and “Fireball 500.” Advertisements